About the Steamboat Era Museum

The Steamboat Era Museum preserves the history and memory of the citizens and steamboats that built Irvington and the surrounding Northern Neck region during the golden era of steam travel on the Chesapeake Bay.

Through our immersive galleries, programming, and outreach efforts, visitors can come to understand the history that built the communities we know and love today. The stories in our backyards, families, and waterways stand as a testament to what came before and the future ahead of us all.